The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-09-28
Democratic: Executive Commit
tee, for: Rapides.
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Mn. Il. ID. Foster is president OF
the Nichols club in New Iberia.


-Ex-Secretary of State Will A.
Strong, who was tried in Baton Rouge
last week for embezzlementJwas con-
yicted. His lawyers will appeal to
the Supreme Court.
How NATCHIToCHEs STANDS
We sec that several papers Elm the
State have recently been discussing
the position Of ,Natchitoches parish
with regard to her. secondschoice for
Governor, and the assertion has been
made that her vote will go for INC.
Emery as coon as Mr.. Cunningham
withdraws. 1t might be well to state
that this parish will send delegation
composed of her best men and truest
Democrats whost..will enthusiastically
support Mr.. Cunningham. Should his
nomination become an impossibility, it
will then, and not till then, be time
enough to look for a third man.
= Natchitoches Review.
Ar the Avoyelles Parish Conven
ton last week Judge Barbin tried to
take things in his own hands, and run
the Convention to suit himself. After
callingsthe. meeting to ordcr,ss sshe..1 then
proceed to constitute himself tempo,
rary chairman, and to appoint a COM
mittee on credentials. This did not
work however, worth cent, and a ma
jority Of the convention retired and
formed another convention, presided
over by S. S. Pearce, a member OF
the Executive Committee. This con-
vention went through business in
regular Democratic style, and before
adjourning passed resolutions endor,
sing Gov. Mc.Enery's.. administration,
and pledging him the support of the
party in that Parish. Six delegates to
the Baton Rouge Convention were
selected as follows: Hon. S. s. Pearce,
Hon. II. J. Harmonson, Philogene
Coco, J. V. Plauche, J. f. Griffin and
Rene Bordelcn. They all favor the
nomination of j. Ii. Thorpe for Con
gress.
The Performers" work the third
term dodge to suit themselves and
their own ideas. BY the recent inter
views published in the Times -Dem0clu
concerning the Cleveland-Hill comb.
nation, several of them have been
"caught napping"-they have clearly
given themselves away. They favor
Gov. Hill and want him to go in q
third time-(his case is identical with
that of Gov. NcEnery) and yet they
are opposed to McEnery because he is
aspiring to third term. The Times
Democrat has this to say on the sub
ject
Mr.. David B. Hill, of New York, was
elected Lieutenant Governor of that State
on the ticket with Grover Cleveland il
1882. In the midst of his term Mr.. Cleve
land resigned the Office and called Hill tt
the gnbernatorial chair; in 1885 the peo
pie of New York elected Mr.. Hill Cover
nor, and now they propose to re-elec
him. Has there been any cry of "thirt
t,rm" against him No; emphatically no
Neither the opposition, nor the Republi
cans, nor any one in New York, OF any
where else in the Union, has said "thirt
term" and yet, if we believe the Lonisi
ana 'reformers," the Democracy of New
York contemplate a gross outrage OF
Democratic principles by electing Gov
Hill to third term. His case and tha
of Gov, McEnery are identical il. ever,
, particular. Both were elected Lieutenan
Governor-one with Cleveland, the othe
with Wiltz. Both succeeded to the Gov
ernorship, one by the resignation, tn
other by the death of the State Executive
both were chosen Governor by the peOpl
in the next election; and both are to b
renominated to-day.